Mack and his driver arrived for a meeting of the Old Mill Hill Civic Association at Joe’s Mill Hill Saloon, at of Broad and Market streets, about 7 p.m. Wednesday, the mayor said.

The driver parked the city-owned Ford Expedition in the parking lot of a vacant bank on Market Street across from the bar.

“Apparently I was in a ‘No Parking’ area; When we got out, it was gone,” Mack said.

Towing behind the building, the former site of a Sun Bank branch, is handled by the Hamilton-based BMS towing company, which has signs prominently posted at the location warning unauthorized drivers not to park there.

According to the sign posted at the location, the company charges $150 for drivers to get their vehicles back, plus $35 per day in storage fees.

City spokeswoman Lauren Ira said that Mack paid the fee out of his own pocket and would not seek compensation from the city.